Sirach 48:6
Good News Translation
You brought a famous king down to sickness and death.

New Revised Standard Version
You sent kings down to destruction, and famous men, from their sickbeds.

Contemporary English Version
But he also destroyed kings and told famous people they would die of disease.

New American Bible
You sent kings down to destruction, and nobles, from their beds of sickness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who broughtest down kings to destruction, and brokest easily their power in pieces, and the glorious from their bed.

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Who broughtest down kings to destruction, and brokest easily their power in pieces, and the glorious from their bed.

Sirach 48:4
Thus was Elias magnified in his wondrous works. And who can glory like to thee?

Sirach 48:5
Who raisedst up a dead man from below, from the lot of death, by the word of the Lord God.

Sirach 48:7
Who heardest judgment in Sina, and in Horeb the judgments of vengeance.

Sirach 48:8
Who anointedst kings to penance, and madest prophets successors after thee.

Context
Sirach 48
5Who raisedst up a dead man from below, from the lot of death, by the word of the Lord God. 6Who broughtest down kings to destruction, and brokest easily their power in pieces, and the glorious from their bed. 7Who heardest judgment in Sina, and in Horeb the judgments of vengeance.…
Cross References
Sirach 48:4
Thus was Elias magnified in his wondrous works. And who can glory like to thee?

Sirach 48:5
Who raisedst up a dead man from below, from the lot of death, by the word of the Lord God.

Sirach 48:7
Who heardest judgment in Sina, and in Horeb the judgments of vengeance.

Sirach 48:8
Who anointedst kings to penance, and madest prophets successors after thee.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 48:5
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